RE: Compass corrections

Now that's clever! All we need the coordinates of magnetic North which
has been provided. 73 Cliff K7RR
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Bill Jones wrote:
> Just to add a few things to the discussion. Although I use a program I
> found at NOAA to determine magnetic deviation (I have a copy of the program
> at http://www.megalink.net/~wejones/pcgeom31.exe ) , the most accurate
> method is the method previously mentioned method of finding the time of local
> noon,( either from astronomy or tracking programs, or from
> http://riemann.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/AltAz.html ) and observing the
> shadows of a vertical pole at this time. There is also a somewhat less
> accurate method using a common ham program. The program is the great circle
> program that you can find in a couple ARRL publications. Just use it to find
> the heading to 76.2 deg N , 101 deg W , This will usually be within a
> couple degrees, which is good enough for anything but a dish.
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